David Forbes

David Forbes may refer to:

• David Forbes (British Army officer) (1777?–1849), Scottish soldier
• David McHattie Forbes (1863–1937), Scottish agriculturalist, and plantation manager, judge, explorer in the territory of Hawaii
• David Forbes (mineralogist) (1828–1876), British mineralogist
• David Forbes, singer for Canadian band Boulevard
• David Forbes (sailor) (1934–2022), Australian Olympic sailor
• David Forbes (politician) (born 1956), Canadian provincial politician
• Dave Forbes (1948–2024), retired Canadian ice hockey player

See also

• David Forbes Hendry (born 1944), British economist
• David Forbes Martyn (1906–1970), Scottish-Australian physicist
• Forbes (name)